Wednesday, August 21, 2024
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Alaska Alaska Trollers Association gets legal victory, awaits updated NMFS king salmon biological opinion Seafood Source by Cliff White - August 19, 2024 The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has handed a victory to the Alaska Trollers Association (ATA) by reversing a lower court’s ruling that found commercial chinook salmon fishing in Southeast Alaska endangered southern resident killer whales.https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-trade/alaska-trollers-association-gets-legal-victory-awaits-updated-nmfs-king-salmon-biological-opinion Environment/Science Congressional Delegation Voices Renewed Concern Over Transboundary Mines Fishermen's News - August 21, 2024 Alaska’s congressional delegation is raising renewed concern with the Biden administration over environmental pollution issues from existing and planned British Columbia mines along the Taku, Stikine and Unuk rivers flowing into Southeast Alaska and Tongass National Forest. https://fishermensnews.com/congressional-delegation-voices-renewed-concern-over-transboundary-mines/ Scientists have more evidence to explain why billions of crabs vanished around Alaska CNN by Rachel Ramirez - August 21, 2024 Fishermen and scientists were alarmed when billions of crabs vanished from the Bering Sea near Alaska in 2022. It wasn’t overfishing, scientists explained — it was likely the shockingly warm water that sent the crabs’ metabolism into overdrive and starved them to death. https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/21/climate/alaska-crabs-disappear-arctic/index.html Federal Register Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings A Notice by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 08/21/2024 The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold its American Samoa Archipelago Fishery Ecosystem Plan (FEP) Advisory Panel (AP), Mariana Archipelago FEP Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) AP, Fishing Industry Advisory Committee (FIAC), Hawaii Archipelago FEP AP, and the Mariana Archipelago FEP Guam AP to discuss and make recommendations on fishery management issues in the Western Pacific Region. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/21/2024-18707/western-pacific-fishery-management-council-public-meetings Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area A Rule by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 08/20/2024 NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amount of Pacific cod from vessels using jig gear, trawl catcher vessels, and catcher vessels greater than or equal to 60 feet (18.3 meters (m)) length overall (LOA) using hook-and-line gear to catcher vessels less than 60 feet (18.3 m) LOA using hook-and-line or pot gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to allow the 2024 total allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific cod to be harvested. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/20/2024-18567/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-reallocation-of-pacific-cod-in-the-bering-sea FYI’s 2020 salmon bust aid application deadline nears National Fisherman - August 20, 2024 The first deadline for Southeast Alaska fishermen to apply for relief funding from the abysmal 2020 salmon season is this Saturday, August 24. https://www.nationalfisherman.com/alaska/2020-salmon-bust-aid-application-deadline-nears New Deputy Director for Alaska Fisheries Science Center Survey Division This is a critical leadership role for the Center’s groundfish, crab and ecosystem survey enterprise. NOAA Fisheries - August 20, 2024 On August 26, Dr. Alix LaFerriere will become the deputy director for the Alaska Fisheries Science Center’s Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering Program. The deputy director assists the division director in management of fiscal, personnel, facilities, ship resources, and coordination of division research. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/new-deputy-director-alaska-fisheries-science-center-survey-division In Memoriam Bill Gilbert remembered as fisheries man for all seasons Cordova Times by Margaret Bauman - August 20, 2024 William “Bill” Gilbert, retired manager for the Trident Cordova South plant, was remembered this week for his passion for processing the highest quality seafood, smoking a variety of Alaska fish, and his success at nurturing crew to keep their jobs long term. https://thecordovatimes.com/2024/08/20/obit-bill-gilbert/ Pacific Seafood Processors Association
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